We've all heard of the boy who cried wolf and know that the moral of the story was to not lie. However, the boy in the story cried wolf because he was bored, which was a crappy reason to lie in the first place. How about if you were caught in a scenario where telling the truth was extremely embarrassing? Would it be ok to lie then? Probably not, but having said that, did a student lie about being kidnapped to cover up the embarrassment of mistakenly entering a girls' toilet in his school?
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Yup, that's what happened in Kuala Nerang, Kedah.
Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Adzli Abu Shah said investigations found the 14-year-old boy had lodged a false police report after panicking over the incident, which happened on Sunday (July 12).
According to Bernama, news of his alleged abduction went viral on social media the following day.
"The boy initially claimed that two men had confronted him at a bus stop at about 5.50pm on Sunday, blindfolded and bound him before taking him away in a vehicle. He alleged that his abductors later abandoned him by the roadside,” he told a press conference at the Kedah police headquarters here.
He said police found the boy in Kota Putra and took him to the police station to lodge a report.
However, investigations revealed that after school, the boy had accidentally entered the girls' toilet near the surau. When he came out, he encountered a female student and fled in panic after being chased by several girls.
Feeling embarrassed and distressed, he hitched rides on two motorcycles to different locations before he was found by police.
The case is being investigated under Section 182 of the Penal Code for lodging a false police report.
Comm Adzli said investigations also found that the student had recently transferred to the school from a boarding school here after allegedly being bullied by several senior students.
"The student had previously lodged a police report over the bullying incident, and it was understood that the case had been resolved. However, police have reopened the investigation and detained four Form Four and Form Five students to assist in the probe," he said.
Comm Adzli said police viewed bullying cases seriously, adding that 43 such cases were recorded statewide last year while seven cases were reported in the first six months of this year.
